Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-18
EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE.
Warning Hotel n Restaurant Custom
ers In Regard to Food AduIteratIon.

Warning Hotel and Restaurant Custom
ers In Regard to Food Adulteration.
The legislatures Of several eastern
states, where not enough genuine cow
butter Is made to supply Che people OH
Thanksgiving and Christmas, have passed
laws requiring hotel and restaurant pro-
prietors to conspicuously pcs, in their
dining rooms notices setting forth that
oleomargarine is served on the table in
the place Of butter, whenever any substi-
tute for it is used. There seems TO be no
good reason for Withholding from the
patrons of these hotels and restaurants
information about the frauds that are
practiced in other kinds of foods, as well
as in drinks and condiments that are
placed on the same table with substitutes
for butter. Equal and exact justice
would seem to demand that customers be
appraised of the fact that the cheese served
is composed of the curd Of skinned or
separated milk and cotton seed oil. lard or
neutral fat. and it is colored with ~annotto,
They shoul also he made aware Of the
fact that the pure Vermont maple
buHaI II IAlAlt " Ntot ilhAii Su6di
zane or the '~'tailings' of New Or
leans molasses that the strained
honey is compounded Of fluid
glucose, glyceiine and flavoring ex-
tract: that the buckwheat cakes are
made of wheat middlings and corn meal;
that the genuine white vinegar is
manufactured from corn sugar, malt ex-
/ tract. ~ high wines: that the pickles are
. grvucl' with yerdigris; that the ice
crclm il compounded Of skinned milk
| and corn starch and favored with fruit
extract obtained by skillfully COM
binin. uariuls oils and ethers; that the
''Frrnch Slr,.ines' are baby herrings,
caught ON the coast of Maine and pre-
served in cotton seed oil: that the mus
tarl j. aiuItrrated with corn meal. and
the spices with finely ground spent tan
bark.
Each coffee cup should contain a
legend which informs the person who
takes it Ia his lips that the beverage it
contains is an infusion Of chicory, parched
barley or Canadian peas, which passed
the custom house free of duty on the
representation that they were To lie used
for seed. Each bill of fare should set
forth in years and decades the ages Of
the spring chickens that are served, or
give the number of ''settings' Of eggs
that they Matched before they bcame too
old 10 be serviceable in multiplying their
species, All the jelly dishes should have
a card attached to them setting forth the
fact that their contents are mainly COM
posel Of fish glue. colored with dye stuffs
and favored with various drug store
preparations.
II the practice Of adjoining the walls
and tables of hotels. restaurants and
boarding houses in the way suggested
should become general. or be required by
law, the proprietors would find their
business much more profitable than It is
at present. Their patrons would eat but
little. and that little would I've Of the
plainest sorts Of food. Few would call
for chicken pie, ask for the second cup Of
coffee. or desire To have their ice cream
dish ~repleniIled. Salt. which is very
cheap. would he almost the only condi-
ment used with food. The caster and
Jelly glasses could still be used for orna-
menting the table, but they would never
require to le refilled. They would serve
the same purpose that the vessels Of col
ored liquids do that are displayed in the
windows Of drug stores. II Is likely that
the health of people who eat at public
tables would be greatly improved by car.
rying out the plan proposed. They would
eat corned beef and cabbage, plain roast
beef and boiled potatoes, and decline all
drinks but cold water. Living on thi:
simple diet they would he well and
py.-Chicago Times.